Sullivan, Indiana is making headlines this week after a group of Sullivan High School students and community members banded together to exclude openly LGBT individuals from a "traditional" prom.

One student referred to a prom that would prohibit LGBT youth as a “good” prom, while a special education teacher in the area, Diana Medley, said she believes allowing LGBT kids to attend the high school’s prom is “offensive.”

Last year, HRC released a groundbreaking youth survey that illustrates the obstacles LGBT youth face. The survey found that 42 percent of LGBT youth say they live in a community that isn’t accepting of LGBT people. Nearly one-third of youth say their biggest problems in life include not being accepted by their family, bullying at school and a fear of living openly. And 92 percent of youth say they hear negative messages from others about being LGBT.

HRC is calling on school administrators to deliver a clear statement against this discriminatory “separate but equal” prom movement.